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inner bark of the pine for food. They still ta])ii fish and fowl, ])ut 

 no longer show any objection to milk, or at least not to milk in con- 

 densed form. 



The Walapai eat no lizards or snakes, nor do they eat dogs or 

 coyotes, but they like the flesh of the badger. They eat also the hawk 

 but not the eagle. Field mice are "good." This tribe does not eat 

 fish, saying that they smell bad, but there is, as with the Apache 

 and some Pueblos, a mythical background for this peculiarity. 

 Regarding beaver, the Walapai say they never had any; should they 

 get one, they thought it very likely they would eat it. They eat the 

 fox and even the wild cat, but naturally these articles of diet are 

 scarce. They used to eat horse flesh, but do so no more. Only a few 

 of the Walapai drink milk. They do not care much for mutton or 

 goats' flesh, and have never eaten the flesh of the burro or the mule. 

 They use no tree bark for food. In winter venison is an important 

 feature of their diet. 



During the writer's visit in the winter camp of theHavasupai the peo- 

 ple had some fresh meat of deer and antelopes. They were well sup- 

 plied with dried peaches and various seeds, which, after the manner of 

 the Walapai, they usually prepared and ate in the form of mush. 



The Navaho, besides tabuing fish, avoid eating bacon. The latter 

 was given them during the captivity of a portion of the tribe at the 

 Bosque Redondo, and as many died at that time the bacon was sus- 

 pected of being the cause. 



The Hopi and the Zuni make a peculiar corn bread (piM in Hopi, 

 Jiewe in Zuni) by baking in a thin layer on a hot stone a liquid dough 

 composed of well-ground corn and water. They consume many 

 melons and fresh or dried peaches. At festivities they make corn- 

 meal tamales. In common with all the other Indians of the South- 

 west, they, have acquired the habit of using flour and baking powder, 

 as well as canned fruit, and of drinking at their meals considerable 

 quantities of weak, sweetened, warm, black coffee. The}^ also hunt 

 rabbits for food. Meat in general is very scarce* 



The Zuni and the Rio Grande Pueblos, besides preparing corn food 

 in many other ways according to their old usages (see the writings of 

 Gushing and Mrs. Stevenson) , make corn bread and wheat bread, and 

 tortillas, as well as other dishes, in the Spanish fashion ; apart from this 

 they live much like other Southwestern Indians. The Zuni engage 

 more in. hunting than any of the other Pueblos. 



The Isletas raise considerable fruit, including grapes. 



The Papago, besides planting corn, wheat, beans, and other things, 

 and making use of native fruits (as saguaro, yucca fruit, and tunas), 

 mescal, and mesquite and screw beans, eat also various greens and 

 seeds. Those living farther from the white settlements naturally de- 



